Topsider pump works well but the oil must be hot to flow.
My drain pan plugs have never been out of the engines.


wrote in message
...
Hi,

What's the best thing for the money for removing oil
from a motor in the bilge? I bought a drill pump, and
it worked okay. Once! After that it would never work
again. Someone told me about using a basting squeeze
bulb, and that worked great getting some lube out of
a transfer case, but it took quite a while and a lot of
times filling and emptying it. It would take forever to
empty a motor of oil, unless there's a quart size or
something.

Thanks for any suggestions,
David

I use the Pela Oil Extractor. 6 Litre capacity with auto shutoff, handy pour
spout, about $100 CDN.
No muss, no fuss.

"Keith" wrote in message
...
Jabsco makes a pump mounted on a plastic bucket that works great. I had to
change it to a 5 gallon bucket because my diesel holds 14 qts., but that
was
no problem. It works much better than anything else I've seen or tried. As
others mentioned, you can build your own as well, just make sure the pump
is
rated for oil and/or petroleum products. If you're in a gasoline
environment, be sure it's explosion proof.

--


Keith
__
Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
wrote in message
...
Hi,

What's the best thing for the money for removing oil
from a motor in the bilge? I bought a drill pump, and
it worked okay. Once! After that it would never work
again. Someone told me about using a basting squeeze
bulb, and that worked great getting some lube out of
a transfer case, but it took quite a while and a lot of
times filling and emptying it. It would take forever to
empty a motor of oil, unless there's a quart size or
something.

Thanks for any suggestions,
David

In article ,
"Evan Gatehouse" wrote:

I'm just in the midst of buying a used Yanmar 3GM30 engine (I got a deal .
The mechanic I hired to check it out pointed out that the oil pan has NO
drain plug! He did mention that he had drilled and tapped a few Yanmar's
oil pans for a drain fitting to drain it out.

Do you know of anybody else that has done this - I suspect that the oil pan
may have a thicker spot / dummy plug for just this operation?

Yanmars don't have them. In our installation, we couldn't get a pan
underneath to use it, anyway. We were warned off of putting a plug or
drain tube in the pan: possible leak point. I'd rather spend a few
minutes pumping from the top than have the oil drip out of a makeshift
drain while I wasn't looking.

We have a little bronze hand pump with a tube that fits in the dipstick
hole and a plastic tube into the waste container. Came with the boat so
I don't know the manufacturer. Does the job for us in about 10 minutes
and fits into next to no space.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

I've used all the vacuum thingies and I find Jere's simple brass pump
is the best. Mine is permenently mounted in the engine compartment
with the hoses coiled and resting on a oil absorbent pad under the
engine. I use a 16" length of brake tubing as the dipstick insert. No
muss, no fuss, A dirty job tamed.


On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 23:46:16 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:

In article ,
"Evan Gatehouse" wrote:

I'm just in the midst of buying a used Yanmar 3GM30 engine (I got a deal .
The mechanic I hired to check it out pointed out that the oil pan has NO
drain plug! He did mention that he had drilled and tapped a few Yanmar's
oil pans for a drain fitting to drain it out.

Do you know of anybody else that has done this - I suspect that the oil pan
may have a thicker spot / dummy plug for just this operation?

Yanmars don't have them. In our installation, we couldn't get a pan
underneath to use it, anyway. We were warned off of putting a plug or
drain tube in the pan: possible leak point. I'd rather spend a few
minutes pumping from the top than have the oil drip out of a makeshift
drain while I wasn't looking.

We have a little bronze hand pump with a tube that fits in the dipstick
hole and a plastic tube into the waste container. Came with the boat so
I don't know the manufacturer. Does the job for us in about 10 minutes
and fits into next to no space.

I just bought an electric on at Canadian tire for $40.
it seems convenient
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:26:26 GMT, Marc wrote:

I've used all the vacuum thingies and I find Jere's simple brass pump
is the best. snip....